, 1887-04-28
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The Or-gaajr.. iszr..:-r-:f...rI ..s-
backs Of Portland liv,rv. I c,a-a.
that they have driven = c.-9 r.r...g
of dollar. ,,.ye-- g.. .r. .-.,~..,..-a
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1t is currently reported tina, I. p.
railroad stock Lo,ler- ira fr.plr.rr
to surrender tie MAJ! lin. O.. ,leir
road to the government &. camel is
mortgage. This wound p.t al a'g-
plant on the governments hands.
but it might be used 10 demonstrate
one of the cardinal Il - of lie
knights Of Labor.
MIS- Logan Is Kept to!1f.'i'.e hasE
late husband. General Logan died
as truly beloved Is auv man ever was.
but the sensation hunter las already
begun to carve at his rcputa,ion.
Slander seems TO b, the neras-arv
price Daid for greatness. More
strict laws for the defense or private
character must be passed.
SENsIBLE--The 81 Louis Knights
OF Labor have passed q bylaw pro
hibltlng the carrying ot any banner
or device or illumination IN thelr
parades besides the stars and stripes.
This IS as 1t should be, at least until
the red flag rage has passed by.
The Knights will be thoroughly re
spected. Just as soon as they can
master and subordinate this mania
for communism in their midst. If
the principles of the order as enun-
oregon papers print d llst ol marine
casualties occurring IN the waters OF
the racine northwest during the past
"lnlef' anu oi course ehueaNof 10
make showing laVofabIo 10 the
oolu-nOia river Dar anu unl"Eofaoie e
10 use' oouhu' II ooeS looh rusty
ior U.s. ior " iacIi O"t tAeh 70" kho"
"here lhe ocean commerce gees
tnefe tue ulsaster5 must necessarily
occur' Ohe point however, Wh!ch
the Astoria" states' IS worthy OF
serious attentloh' VIZ: that the
1ouhoerlnS OF those coal laden yes
seis was douOlless caused Dy Ihelf
having Deen oVerloaueu- OF IN
'A ~ '"S' 'Ne '''' '''epnen 2non
o'eieN ''iiiiSe was o"U io'--' "'1iie
'ei 'aaSo '0i1'iS'eO u -'Ioo to-'' y,
ooai' u.S' ''''n 0olii IL u Oi''i sie'''
10 orillinai'
W. how. hoo, .,,o,,-;, GOOD
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- ar os.,1,ss,..:a, oIl-a1,ta,.,a -
CIV o;tu Thoro : ono oIl,or rho.o
- tk;s s.o.to-Tt;aI, a.l,oTl. -.
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to reach Port Townsend as any other
center OF population on the coast.
Our fares are so high that 1t IS really
a prohibatory tariff. 1t keeps mul-
titudes away from our city who would
otherwise come to us to trade 1t Is
only forty miles to Seattle, yet the
fare Is $3.50 each way. Two daily
lines run over the distance, but this
exhorbitant rate OF I'll cents per mile
continues Two cents per mile fol
steamboat transportation is sufficient
Oregon allows her railroads but fouI
cents per mile That it costs as much
TO go from Whilby island to Port
Townsend as to Seattle is the exact
reason why island eountyis tributary
to Seattle instead OF here. In fact
one cannot come or go without ex
horbitant charges, on our great ma
tional highway. This will never
build great city.
II move Is brewing 10 Try ana Sc
cure man service ana steam cohHec.
tloh between Fort Iownsehd and
vancouver b. Z. Our citizens are
at last beginning to awake to the
TACT that golden opportunities to
past them unimproyed Seattle NOR.
chants hive steamer running past
our doors and taking all this growing
trade right by us. They recently
aant IN ooaD+ 10 AIosI-, ,n,7rr;l L.,